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Howlers and Pixies

Harry, Ron, and Momoko had just sat down to eat breakfast. Kaoru, Neville, Hermione, Takaaki, and Miyako were on the other side of the table eating when they got there. Hermione was reading 'Voyages with Vampires', Kaoru and Neville were discussing plans for that weekend, and Takaaki and Miyako were trying to figure out what classes they would have that day.

As they sat there something large and gray landed on the table between Ron and Momoko's plates that sent a few feathers across the table. At that same time a horned owl landed in front of Harry holding a red envelope in his beak.

Ron and Momoko both looked at the thing that landed between them. "OH NO, ERROL!" Momoko said seeing an old owl that seemed to be losing feathers lying on its back between their plates holding a red envelope in its beak.

The others all looked up to see what was going on.

When Kaoru saw the envelopes the owl's were holding he smiled "I'm glad its you guys and not me this time."

The three on the other side of the table ignored her as they knew to open the letters right away before anything bad happened. When they opened both they heard both Mrs. Weasley and Mrs. Longbottom's voices yelling at them so loud that tons of dust was falling from the ceiling.

"-STEALING THE CAR, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SURPRISED IF THEY'D EXPELLED YOU BOTH, YOU WAIT TILL I GET A HOLD OF YOU TWO, I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU STOPPED TO THINK WHAT YOUR FATHER AND I WENT THROUGH WHEN WE SAW IT WAS GONE-"

Mrs. Weasley's voice yelled making others in the Great Hall turn to look in their direction.

"-LETTER FROM DUMBLEDORE LAST NIGHT, I THOUGHT I WOULD DIE OF SHAME, I WAS HOPING YOU COULD AT LEAST GET THROUGH THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WITHOUT GETTING INTO TROUBLE-"

Yelled Mrs. Longbottom's very angry voice.

"ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED-YOUR FATHER'S FACING AN INQUIRY AT WORK, IT'S ENTIRELY YOUR FAULT AND IF YOU TWO PUT ANOTHER TOE OUT OF LINE WE'LL BRING YOU STRAIGHT BACK HOME."

Finished Mrs. Weasley as the envelope Momoko was holding burst into flames.

"-YOU'RE TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE OR I'M GOING TO COME THERE TO PUNISH YOU MYSELF, HARRY JAMES POTTER!"

Mrs. Longbottom's voice said just before the envelope burst into flames.

Both Ron and Momoko's faces were as red as their hair, while Harry's face was as white as one of the castle's ghosts.

The others just looked at them and shook their heads.

"That could've gone worse" Takaaki said with a small smile.

Ron looked at him angrily "How could that have been worse?"

"They could've said they were coming here to punish you" Hermione told him in a flat tone.

"Oh" was all he could say while looking more scared than when the howler had gone off.

Harry looked at Neville "Would your gran really come here to punish me if I did get into trouble again?"

"Yes she would. Believe me you don't want to get punished by her" he told him with a shudder.

Harry pushed his breakfast away from himself, while Ron and Momoko were both just staring at their plates.

At that moment Professor McGonagall came up to the small group and handed them their schedules before moving on down the table.

"Why did our first subject have to be double Herbology? That's my worst subject" Kaoru groaned when she looked at her schedule.

Neville put his hand on her arm "You know if you need help this year, you can always ask me."

Kaoru looked at him and smiled "I probably going to need it."

They then got up followed by the others and walked outside. When they got near the greenhouses they saw the rest of the class standing outside waiting for Professor Sprout. They waited for a few minutes before they saw her come into view with Professor Lockhart next to her. Her arms were full of bandages, while her face had a look of annoyance on it.

As they got within fifteen feet of the students Professor Sprout took a key from one of her pockets "Green house three today students!" While at the same time Professor Lockhart quickly made his way over to Harry.

As Professor Sprout opened the door to the green house and started ushering the students inside.

At the same time Professor Lockhart put his hand on Harry's shoulder "If you don't mind Professor Sprout I'd like to have a chat with Harry here."

Just as Professor Sprout was about to protest Professor Lockhart shut the door in her face. When she turned around all of the students could tell she was angry. She walked towards a trestle bench that had about twenty pairs of earmuffs on it, while muttering under her breath.

By the time Professor Sprout had calmed down Harry had rejoined his friends.

"We'll be repotting Mandrakes today. Now, who can tell me the properties of the Mandrake?" Professor Sprout asked the class.

To no ones surprise Hermione and Miyako both raised their hands.

"Mandrake, or Mandragora, is a powerful restorative" Hermione started to say.

"It is used to return people who have been transfigured or cursed to their original state" Miyako finished for her.

"Excellent. Five points each to Gryffindor. The Mandrake forms an essential part of most antidotes. It is also very dangerous. Who can tell me why?" the Professor asked the class.

Both Hermione and Miyako's hand shot into the air again. Though everyone was surprised when Neville's hand also shot up.

Professor Sprout called on him to answer.

"The cry of the Mandrake is fatal to anyone who hears it" he said with confidence.

"Precisely. Another ten points for Gryffindor" Professor Sprout said with a smile. "Now, our Mandrakes are still young" she told them as she pointed to a row of deep trays with tufty little purplish green plants were growing. "Everyone please take a pair of earmuffs. When I tell you to put them on, make sure your ears are completely covered. When it is safe to remove them, I will give you the thumbs-up" she said as the students chose any earmuffs that weren't pink and fluffy.

Professor Sprout then motioned for them to put the earmuffs on. When they all had them secured, she grabbed one of the plants and pulled it out of the pot hard.

Everyone saw that instead of roots a small, muddy, and extremely ugly baby popped out. The hair on its head was the leaves Professor Sprout had a hold of. It had pale green mottled skin and it looked like it was bawling its head off.

Professor Sprout then took a large pot from under the table, put the Mandrake into it, and covered it completely in compost, so that only the leaves were visible. She then gave them the thumbs-up to remove their earmuffs. "As our Mandrakes are only seedlings, their cries won't kill yet. However, they will knock you out for several hours, and as I'm sure none of you want to miss your first day back, make sure your earmuffs are securely in place while you work. I will attract your attention when it's time to pack up. Now I want five to a tray, the pots are under the tables, the compost is over by the door, and be careful of the Venomous Tentacula, it's teething" she said as she slapped a spiked tentacle off her shoulder.

A curly-haired Hufflepuff boy who they had seen but never talked to joined Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Momoko at their table.

The boy smiled at them and started to shake their hands "Justin Finch-Fletchley. Of course I know you four, the famous Harry Potter, Hermione Granger top student in our year, Ron Weasley who flew a car to school last night, and Momoko Akatsutsumi your singing last year was beautiful."

All four of them gave him a slight smile.

"Professor Lockhart's the greatest, right? Extremely brave to face a werewolf when he was trapped in a telephone booth. I was down for Eton, though I'm really happy to be here instead. My mother was disappointed at first until I had her read Professor Lockhart's books" Justin rambled on as they put their earmuffs on.

At the same time Miyako, Takaaki, Kaoru, and Neville had a blonde girl from Hufflepuff join them at their table.

"Hi, I'm Hannah Abbot" she said with a wave and a smile.

"I'm Miyako Gotokuji, this is Takaaki Iwamoto, Kaoru Matsubara, and Neville Longbottom" Miyako told her as she pointed to each of her friends as she said their names.

"You guys hang out with Harry Potter right?" Hannah asked them with a slight hint of curiosity in her voice.

Kaoru looked at her with suspicion "Yeah, why do you want to know?"

"I just wanted to know what he's like. I mean he's the Boy-Who-Lived and he defeated You-Know-Who" Hannah told her with awe in her voice.

"Hannah, I'll tell you right now that Harry just wants to be normal. He doesn't want the fame or anything that comes from it. He just wants a normal life" Takaaki said as he put his earmuffs on.

The other three did the same making Hannah feel bad about her comment as she put her earmuffs on.

Everyone had difficulty with the Mandrakes. The plants didn't want to come out of their pots nor did they want to be put into the larger ones. They would cry, scratch, bite, and wiggle like crazy when they were not in a pot.

Kaoru was the only one who actually had the Mandrakes co-operate. Whenever she pulled a Mandrake out of a pot and it started to struggle, she would give it an extremely harsh glare that made it stop.

When class ended all of the students went to get the dirt and sweat washed off before their next class.

The Gryffindor's next class was Transfiguration where Professor McGonagall had them turning beetles into buttons. All of them were having some difficulty doing it, except Hermione and Takaaki who were competing to see who could change the most.

Ron was also an exception because of his broken wand. He patched it up with some Spellotape, but it didn't work. Every time he tried to change the beetle into a button it crackled and sparked. Eventually his wand engulfed him in smoke making him accidentally squash his beetle, which had Professor McGonagall glaring at him when he asked for a new one.

By the time the bell for lunch rang they were all really hungry. As they were walking to the Great Hall for lunch Ron was in a very depressed mood.

"Ron, What's wrong?" Harry asked him concerned.

"It's this stupid wand. It hasn't been the same since I broke it" Ron told him while frowning.

"Why don't you just write home to get a new one" Miyako asked him with a smile.

Both Ron and Neville looked at her before Ron spoke up "Yeah and get a Howler back. No thanks, one is more than enough for me."

At the same time Hermione and Takaaki were counting each other's buttons to see who won their competition.

"We transfigured the same number of beetles to buttons" Takaaki said with a frown.

Hermione sighed "Yeah, I guess we'll have to see who's better with the next Transfiguration class assignment."

As they sat down for lunch Miyako looked at the others "What have we got after lunch?"

"Defense Against the Dark Arts" Momoko said with a sigh.

Miyako took a quick look at Momoko's schedule and then raised an eyebrow "Momoko, why do you have all of Professor Lockhart's lessons all outlined in hearts?"

"it's none of your business Miyako" she said in a huff.

Neville at that moment took a quick peek at Hermione's schedule, which she had brought out at that moment. He then nudged Kaoru and pointed at it.

When Kaoru looked, she frowned "Hermione, not you too."

"What's up?" Harry asked as he looked from Kaoru to Hermione and back again.

Kaoru pointed at Hermione's schedule "She's put hearts around Professor Lockhart's lessons also."

Ron looked at her slightly shocked "Why would you do that?"

"I have no idea what you're talking about" she said as she got up and stuffed her schedule into her bag.

The others quickly got up and followed after her.

She led them outside to a courtyard where she quickly moved to sit under a tree.

The others walked around the courtyard talking with each other. After a few minutes they started to hear a clicking sound. When they looked in the direction of the sound they saw a very small mousy-haired boy taking pictures with a muggle camera.

Miyako and Takaaki walked over to him. When they got next to him Miyako smiled "May I ask why you're taking pictures of us."

"I was taking pictures of everything so I could send them back to my dad. I'm a muggle-born and all of this is so amazing that I wanted to share it with the rest of my family" the boy told them with a small smile on his face.

"You sure you weren't trying to get a picture of Harry" Takaaki asked him with a grin.

The boy's eyes widened before he looked away "Yes I was. I thought it would be great if I got a picture of him."

Miyako sighed and put her hand on his shoulder "What's you name?"

"My name is Colin Creevey. I'm a first year Gryffindor" he said as he looked back at them.

"Colin, I don't know what you've heard about Harry, but none of its true. All he's ever wanted was a normal life. He's never wanted any of the fame that everyone gives him. So I suggest that the next time you want to take his picture, ask him. He might do it as long as you give him an honest answer about why you want it" Miyako told him.

Then all three of them looked to where Harry was and saw that he was being led away by Professor Lockhart, with the rest of their friends following.

Takaaki sighed "We need to get going. I hope to see you around. Come on Miyako."

Miyako waved good-bye to Colin as they went to catch up with their friends.

When they had caught up to them Miyako whispered to Hermione "What happened?"

"Malfoy came up with his cronies and started to insult me and Ron. As Harry and Neville came over to stop them Malfoy started to insult them also. Then Professor Lockhart showed up forcing Malfoy to stop before he got into trouble. Professor Lockhart was so awesome" she said with a fan-girl sigh.

Kaoru fell back so she could talk with them "Malfoy should be glad Professor Lockhart showed up or he and his minions would've spent the rest of the week in the Hospital Wing. By the way, what was up with the boy with the camera?"

"He's a muggle-born and was taking pictures to send back to his family. He was going to take Harry's picture without asking, but we convinced him that he should ask first" Takaaki told her.

When they got to the classroom Professor Lockhart let go of Harry, who immediately headed for the back of the class. The others followed and took the seats around him.

After a few minutes the rest of the class came in and took their seats.

Professor Lockhart walked up, picked up Lavender Brown's copy of 'Travels with Trolls', and showed the class his winking portrait. "This is me, Gilderoy Lockhart; Order of Merlin - Third Class, Honorary Member of the Dark Forces Defense League, and five-time winner of 'Witch Weekly's' Most-Charming-Smile Award. But that's not why I'm here. I'm here to help you learn how to be like me and beat the Dark Force's" he said as he gave a smile that showed all his front teeth that nearly blinded them with their brightness (A/N: Think Mighty Guy or Rock Lee's smile from Naruto).

Almost all of the girls in the class had fan-girl sighs when they saw his smile.

"I see you've all bought a complete set of my books. I'm now going to give you all a quiz to see how much you've learned from them" he told them as he started to hand out the quizzes. When he had given out the last one he walked to the front of the class "You have thirty minutes, begin."

Neville looked at the quiz and frowned "This quiz is all about Professor Lockhart. I mean how are we suppose to know what his favorite color is or what his ideal birthday gift would be."

Half and hour later Professor Lockhart had them stop, collected the quizzes, and quickly looked through them.

"How sad, it seems that hardly any of you have read my books. I clearly stated in 'Year with the Yeti' that my favorite color is lilac and in 'Wanderings with Werewolves' that my ideal birthday gift would be harmony between all magic and non-magic peoples. Hermione Granger and Momoko Akatsutsumi are the only ones to know that my greatest ambition is to rid the world of evil and market my own range of hair-care potions. In fact they are the only ones to get all of the questions right. Where are Miss Granger and Miss Akatsutsumi?" he asked as he looked around the class.

Both girls raised trembling hands, while they had slight blushes on their faces.

Professor Lockhart smiled "Excellent! Ten points each for Gryffindor!" he then reached behind his desk and pulled out a large covered cage, which he sat on the desk. "Now I want all of you to stay calm. I'm going to show you the first creature that I'll teach you to fight this year. Please don't scream, it might provoke them" he said as he quickly pulled off the cover.

The entire class was on the edge of their seats as they waited to see what was in the cage.

The cage contained dozens of small electric blue creatures with wings and small antennae. They talked in a very high shrill voices while they rattled the bars and made faces at those in the front row of the class.

Seamus Finnigan, who was in the front row, burst out laughing.

Professor Lockhart looked at him with a raised eyebrow "May I ask what you find so funny Mr. Finnigan?"

Seamus pointed at the creatures in the cage "They don't look that dangerous."

"Cornish Pixies may not look dangerous, but they are extremely tricky little blighters" Professor Lockhart said with a grin. "Now let's see what you make of them" he said as he opened the door to the cage.

The pixies shot in every direction like rockets. Several shot through the windows, showering the class with glass. A couple of them went after Neville, but before they could get near him Kaoru swatted them out of the air. They rest of the pixies wrecked havoc on the classroom by spraying ink everywhere, shredding papers, and tearing pictures from the walls.

"Come on, they're not that difficult to deal with. Peskipiksi Pesternomi!" Professor Lockhart said as he rolled up his sleeves and used his wand.

The spell had no effect on the pixies. After that one of the pixies grabbed the Professor's wand and threw it out the window.

At that moment the bell rang and everyone but Harry and his friends ran out the door. Professor Lockhart also left, but as he went out the door he smiled at them "I'll leave this to you then."

Miyako sighed as she grabbed the compact on her belt "Harry, could you lock the door?"

Harry nodded as he walked over and the locked the door to the classroom.

Miyako transformed into her alter ego 'Rolling Bubbles' as Harry did that. She then summoned her staff and swung it "Balloon Catcher." She sent out enough bubbles to capture all of the pixies.

"Professor Lockhart is such a horrible teacher" Kaoru said as she started to grab the bubble captured pixies and push them into the large cage.

"Why do you call him a horrible teacher?" Momoko asked as she followed her lead with the pixies.

"Let's see, he gave a quiz that was about himself, failed at stopping the Cornish Pixies, and left us to capture them instead of doing is himself" Ron said as helping to put the pixies in the cage.

"He just wanted us to know him better and give us some hands on experience" Hermione said as she helped with the pixies.

"Hermione, Momoko you're both deluding yourselves. Professor Lockhart doesn't know what he's doing" Takaaki said as he also helped them.

Hermione and Momoko stopped talking to them as they put the rest of the pixies in the cage.

After all the pixies were back in the cage with the door closed again Bubbles returned to her normal form and they left the classroom to head to dinner.

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